Violet Hill – Coldplay – (2008)

Description

Additional information about this, Cold Play vinyl art.

Coldplay- The Artists

Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey. They are best known for their live performances, and their impact on popular culture through their music, advocacy and achievements. With over 100 million albums sold worldwide, Coldplay are one of the best-selling music acts of all time. They are also the first group in Spotify history to reach 90 million monthly listeners. In the United Kingdom, they have three of the 50 best-selling albums, the most UK Albums Chart number ones without missing the top and the distinction of most played group of the 21st century on British media. Coldplay have two of the highest-grossing tours of all time and the most-attended. The British Phonographic Industry called them one of the most “influential and pioneering acts” in the world.

Violet Hill – The Song

“Violet Hill” is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008). Built around a repeating guitar sound, it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany the song’s lyrics. The song was initially made available as a free download on the band’s website and was downloaded more than two million times.“Violet Hill” is the first anti-war protest song from the group. “Violet Hill” derives its title from a street of the same name near Abbey Road.

The Peace Symbol – The Shape

This record has been modelled into the present day symbol for peace as taken from the records picture sleeve. A number of peace symbols have been used many ways in various cultures and contexts. The dove and olive branch was used symbolically by early Christians and then eventually became a secular peace symbol, popularised by a Dove lithograph by Pablo Picasso after World War II. In the 1950s the “peace sign”, as it is known today, was designed by Gerald Holtom as the logo for the British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), a group at the forefront of the peace movement in the UK, and adopted by anti-war and counterculture activists in the US and elsewhere. The symbol is a super-imposition of the semaphore signals for the letters “N” and “D”, taken to stand for “nuclear disarmament”.

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